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56401. wōn(e n.(3)

Additional spellings: wone
89 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) An expedient, a course; an alternative, a choice; (b) expectation, hope; wil of won, without hope; distraught; also, bewildered; (c) luck, fortune.

56402. wọ̄ne n.(4)

3 quotations in 1 sense
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In phrase: withouten wone, without delay, without hesitation.

56403. wǒn(e adj.

Additional spellings: wone
26 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Accustomed, wont; wont (to do, be, etc.); ben won (b) apt; apt (to do sth., etc.); also, usually found; usually found (to be, etc.); ben won; (c) habituated (to sth.); ben won; (d) customary; ben

56404. wǒnelī adj.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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Usual, normal.

56405. wǒnen v.(1)

272 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) To live (somewhere), reside, dwell; also fig.; ppl. woninge, residing [quots. a1400 Usages Win. & ?c1400] (b) to remain (somewhere for a period of time), sojourn; (c) to take up habitation (with…

56406. wōnen v.(2)

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(a) To moan, wail, complain; also, fig. of a bell: sound [quot. a1400 Cursor (Frf)]; wonen forth; wonen and wepen (greden, gronen), wepen and wonen, etc.; wanning care, plaintive lamentation (b) to…

56407. wǒner(e n.

Additional spellings: wonere
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One who dwells in a place, an inhabitant; also fig.

56408. wǒnesǒm adj.

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Accustomed or customary, usual.

56409. wong n.(1)

28 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A piece or tract of land; a field, plain, meadow, etc.; wong stede [OE wang-stede], a place, locale; corner wong; lond (mede) wong, meadow land (b) ?length; (c) in surnames; (d) in place names…

56410. wō̆ng n.(2)

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(a) Pl. The cheeks; thun wong [see thun-wonge n.]; (b) a cheek tooth, molar; wong toth [OE wang-tōþ]; (c) as surname.

56411. wonger(e n.

Additional spellings: wongere
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A pillow.

56412. wǒning(e ger.(1)

Additional spellings: woninge
57 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) The act or action of living, dwelling [occas. difficult to distinguish from (b)]; ancre woning, the way of life of an anchorite; comeling woning, sojourning (b) a home, habitation; a place of…

56413. wōning(e ger.(2)

Additional spellings: woninge
12 quotations in 1 sense
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Wailing, moaning; lamentation; ?also, distress, grief [quot. ?c1250]; woning and wepinge (groninge, etc.); woning dai, a day of wailing.

56414. wǒnt n.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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A personal practice, habit.

56415. wont(e n.

Additional spellings: wonte
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(a) A mole; wont hille, a molehill; (b) ?error for ampte n.; (c) in surnames.

56416. wǒnten v.

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(a) To accustom (sb. to sth.); (b) ben wonted, to be accustomed (to do sth.).

56417. wontenesse n.

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No definition available (stub entry)

56418. wǒntinge ger.

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Familiarity, concourse.

56419. wọ̄p(e n.

Additional spellings: wope
18 quotations in 1 sense
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Weeping, sobbing, shedding of tears; weeping as the visible or audible manifestation of sorrow, lamentation, mourning; also, an instance or a fit of weeping or lamentation [quot. c1225(?c1200)]; also…

56420. wọ̄pī(e adj.

Additional spellings: wopie
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Mournful, weeping.

56421. wọ̄plī adj.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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Tearful, mournful.

56422. wopne n.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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Urine.

56423. wō̆rd n.

363 quotations in 12 senses
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(a) A word as a lexical item or grammatical form, a string of characters representing a minimal unit of meaning, a word in isolation; also, a word or group of words as represented in graphic form…

56424. worden v.

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(a) To speak; also, engage in discussion; converse, chat; worden togedere (togederes); (b) to say (sth.); (c) mirie-worded, pleasingly spoken, facile of speech, witty.

56425. word-fast adj.

Additional spellings: wordfast
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True to one’s word, reliable, faithful.

56426. wordful adj.

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Excessively talkative, verbose.

56427. wō̆rdī adj.

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Verbose, prolix; excessively talkative, garrulous.

56428. wordlē̆s adj.

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Of heavenly song: beyond description in words, ineffable.

56429. wordlunge n.

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Empty or idle talk.

56430. wōr(e n.

Additional spellings: wore
6 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The seashore, beach; also, sand (on a seashore); (b) se wor [OE sǣ-wār], seaweed.

56431. wọ̄ren v.

7 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To wander; (b) to become troubled [quot. c1225(?c1200) St.Marg., 2nd]; distract (sb. or sth.), confuse, trouble, disturb; (c) to dry up; also in fig. context.

56432. ?wọ̄rful adv.

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?Confusedly, distractedly.

56433. wōrī adj.(1)

6 quotations in 1 sense
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Of water, well water: dirty, turbid; also, of the flesh or skin of the body: stained, discolored, ?injured.

56434. wọ̄rī adj.(2)

1 quotation in 1 sense
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Troubled, confused.

56435. world n.

459 quotations in 10 senses
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(a) The physical or material world, the earth; the land comprising the physical world; the natural world and its creatures; the globe, orb, sphere, etc. of the earth; also in fig. context (b) the…

56436. worldī adj.

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(a) Pertaining or belonging to the realm of secular human activity, worldly; of a person: concerned with or caught up in worldly matters; (b) of this present life as opposed to the next, earthly.

56437. worldī̆lī adj.

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Pertaining to the temporal or secular realm, worldly.

56438. worldishe adj.

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Pertaining or belonging to the realm of secular human activity, worldly; of a person or personal behavior: concerned with or caught up in worldly matters, excessively secular.

56439. worldlī adj.

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Partaking of the qualities of the physical world, corporeal, material; also, occurring or existing as a phenomenon or an object in the physical world.

56440. worldlī adv.

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(a) In a manner appropriate to the material world, in earthly fashion, bodily; also, in a manner appropriate to the realm of temporal human existence, in or with respect to this earthly life (b) in a…

56441. worldlī̆hōde n.

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Concern, esp. when excessive, with secular matters, worldliness; pleasure in worldly matters; also, ?accommodation to the requirements of secular life [quot. c1475].

56442. worldlī̆nes(se n.

Additional spellings: worldlinesse
4 quotations in 1 sense
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Concern, esp. when excessive, with secular matters, worldliness.

56443. worldlī̆shipe n.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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A state of inordinate concern with secular pursuits and matters, worldliness.

56444. world-man n.

Additional spellings: worldman
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(a) A man;—used in emphatic negation; for non world-man, not for any man on earth, not for anyone; (b) a man caught up in secular pursuits, one who is concerned with worldly matters.

56445. world-rīche n.

Additional spellings: worldriche
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(a) The material world, the earth (b) a kingdom in this world, a realm; (c) the realm of human existence, this present life; also, the world of men [last quot.]; (d) in hyperbolic expressions: o (in)

56446. worldshipe n.

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Worldly matters; also, worldly things.

56447. world-thing n.

Additional spellings: worldthing
8 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) An earthly thing; material wealth, possessions (b) a concern or an activity belonging to the realm of secular human activity, a worldly pursuit [occas. difficult to distinguish from (a)]; (c) pl.

56448. wǒrm n.

255 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) A dragon or dragonlike creature (b) a serpent, snake; also fig.; also, a sacred serpent serving as an object of cult worship, a temple snake [1st quot.]; one of the serpents of Greek or Roman…

56449. wǒrmelī adj.

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Worm like.

56450. wǒrmī adj.

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Full of worms, wormy;—used in fig. context.

56451. wǒrmish adj.

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Of a person’s pulse: moving rapidly and weakly, vermicular.

56452. wormoise n.

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A kind of fabric manufactured in the city of Worms.

56453. wǒrmsī adj.

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Purulent.

56454. wǒrm-wọ̄de n.

Additional spellings: wormwode
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(a) The plant wormwood (Artemisia absinthium); also, some part of this plant used in medicinal preparations (b) fig. and in fig. context: wormwood used as a symbol of that which is bitter or…

56455. worschẹ̄̆ n.

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Honor.

56456. worshipāble adj.

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Worthy of respect, honorable, estimable.

56457. worship(e n.

Additional spellings: worshipe
303 quotations in 9 senses
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(a) Honor, high respect, esteem; worthiness, merit; fame, glory, renown; also, an honor, accolade; worship dede, an honorable act, a feat of honor; worship doing, that which enhances the honor (of a…

56458. worshipen v.

166 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) To hold (sb. or sth., a quality, a day, etc.) in honor, esteem highly, respect;—also refl.; also, treat (sb.) respectfully, show honor to; honor (a parent or spouse), treat with due affection and…

56459. worshiper n.

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(a) One who worships God, a pagan deity, etc.; (b) one who is devoted to or seeks knowledge, wisdom, etc.

56460. worshipful adj.

111 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) Honorable, virtuous, of noble character, estimable; highly respectable, decent; of a knight: excelling in knightly virtues, courageous, courteous, of great prowess; maken worshipful, to honor…

56461. worshipful adv.

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(a) With due respect, with due ceremony; (b) in legal set phrase: worshipfulliste holden, to hold (property) most honestly or honorably; (c) devoutly, with reverence.

56462. worshipfullī adv.

34 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) With due honor, honorably; with dignity, with courtesy; respectfully; also iron.; also, respectably (b) reverently, with reverence; devoutly; (c) sumptuously, splendidly, elaborately; (d)…

56463. worshipfulnesse n.

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Religious devotion, piety.

56464. worshiphēde n.

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Status, reputation.

56465. worshiping(e ger.

Additional spellings: worshipinge
25 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Honor, respect; also, with poss. pron., as an honorific: your worshiping, your excellency; (b) an honorable state or condition; (c) the act of honoring, showing respect.

56466. worshipinglī adv.

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With devotion or honor.

56467. worshiplī adj.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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Honorable, honorific.

56468. worshiplī adv.

17 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Honorably; with dignity; also, respectfully; (b) with reverence, devoutly.

56469. worsop n.

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No definition available (stub entry)

56470. worsted n.

95 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Woolen cloth of some kind used for making clothing, furnishings, etc., worsted; also, such cloth as a commodity; also, a certain quantity of worsted fabric [quot. 1428-9]; al worsted, made…

56471. worsten v.

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To deteriorate, specif. become unhealthy.

56472. worsum n.

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Purulent or corrupt matter, pus.

56473. wǒrt n.(1)

274 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) Any plant or herb; an uncultivated grass, root, or vegetable; also, a wild plant, herb, etc. used as food; wortes of herbes (grasses, grenes) (b) a cultivated plant, garden plant;—also coll. &…

56474. wǒrt n.(2)

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(a) An infusion of grain, prob. malted barley, used in the production of ale or beer, unfermented or incompletely fermented beer, wort; also, an infusion of honey and water used in the production of…

56475. wǒrten adj.

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Resembling or pertaining to herbs.

56476. wǒrter n.

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In cpd.: stande worter, a cooking vessel of some kind, perh. for holding or preparing wort.

56477. worth n.(1)

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(a) An amount in a negotiable commodity equivalent to the value of something; also, material or monetary value; also fig.; the worth; thre times worth (b) the equivalent of a certain sum of money in…

56478. worth n.(2)

19 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) An enclosed area, a court or courtyard; (b) in surnames and place names [see Smith PNElem. 2.273-5; for others see worsted n.]

56479. worth adj.

111 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) Of monetary value; also, as noun in comb.: coin worth, that which is of monetary value, salable possessions; dere worth [see dere-worth(e adj. 2.(a)] (b) significant; valuable; also, valued,…

56480. worth quasi-prep.

90 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Valued at (sth.), priced at; also, equal to (sth.); nought worth, valueless (b) having an importance equal to (sth.); also, equivalent in meaningfulness or intangible value to (sth.); no-thing

56481. worthen v.

286 quotations in 11 senses
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(a) To exist, be; also, come into being, come into existence; (b) present tense with future sense; worthe non him ilich, no one like him shall exist, there shall be nobody like him.

56482. worthful adj.

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(a) Valued, precious; also, glorious; (b) worthy, honorable, esteemed; also, as noun: those who are honorable [last quot.]; (c) reverent.

56483. worthfulhēd n.

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Honor, dignity.

56484. worthfullī adj.

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(a) With honor; also, on account of one’s honor, honorably, properly [2nd quot.]; (b) reverently, respectfully.

56485. worthfulnesse n.

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Eminence; also, excellence.

56486. worthhēd(e n.

Additional spellings: worthhede
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(a) ?Distinction, bravery; (b) stal worthhed, q.v.

56487. worthī n.

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(a) An enclosed homestead, estate; (b) in surnames and place names [see Smith PNElem. 2.276].

56488. worthī adj.

232 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) Of or having monetary value; of great monetary value, costly; also, wealthy [quot. a1456] (b) important, significant; good; also, worthwhile; over worthi, q.v.; (c) even worthi, of equal value or…

56489. worthī̆en v.

50 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To honor (sb. or sth.), praise, treat with respect; also, honor (sb.) by doing something [1st quot.] (b) to give or show reverence to (God, an idol, etc.), worship;—also without obj. [quot.…

56490. worthī̆ful adj.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Deserving of reverence; (b) qualified (to be great).

56491. worthī̆hēd(e n.

Additional spellings: worthihede
3 quotations in 1 sense
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Nobility, dignity; also, excellence.

56492. worthī̆lī adj.

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(a) Valued; also, as noun: the precious one;—used in fig. context; (b) honorable, estimable; also, noble; (c) splendid.

56493. worthī̆lī adv.

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(a) At a just value [quot. a1393]; also, richly or splendidly; even worthili, in equivalent measure or degree (b) deservedly, justly; also, appropriately, fittingly; also, rightly; (c) respectfully;…

56494. worthī̆nes(se n.

Additional spellings: worthinesse
58 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Value; significance, importance; also, spiritual worth; also, a valuable attribute; Coll. valuable things (b) deservedness, merit; (c) honor, dignity; nobility; the noble class [quot. c1400];…

56495. worthing(e n.

Additional spellings: worthinge
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Dung, manure; also in fig. context; also, refuse, rubbish; worthing cart, a cart for hauling dung; worthing cuppe, ?a cup or ladle for handling dung.

56496. worthing(e ger.

Additional spellings: worthinge
12 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The act of honoring someone; the act of worshiping God; also, honor; worship, reverence; worthing dai [OE weorþung-dæg], a day of worship, specif. the Sabbath; worthing night, ?the evening of Ash…

56497. worthlī adj.

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(a) Having great monetary value, costly; also, wealthy (b) important, significant; having intangible value; also in fig. context; also, worthwhile; (c) honorable, estimable; noble; respectable;—often…

56498. worthlī adv.

46 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Richly, splendidly; also in fig. context; also, in pomp [quot. c1450 Alph.Tales] (b) deservedly, justly; appropriately, suitably; also, rightly; dere worthli, q.v.; (c) in a noble or estimable…

56499. worth-mint n.

Additional spellings: worthmint
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Honor; worship, reverence; also, glory.

56500. worthminten v.

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To show respect for (sth.), honor.